{"id":59986,"date":"2020-07-20T16:12:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T10:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=59986"},"modified":"2020-07-20T16:12:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T10:42:49","slug":"priests-hit-hard-as-income-dries-up-amid-covid-19-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/priests-hit-hard-as-income-dries-up-amid-covid-19-crisis","title":{"rendered":"Priests hit hard as income dries up amid COVID-19 crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With several weddings and\u00a0religious functions being put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Hindu priests in Kolkata and its vicinity are in dire straits, some even looking for an alternative source of income to make ends meet.<\/p>\n<p>Sushanta Chakraborty, a priest in Agarpara on the northern outskirts of the city, is selling vegetables in his locality, something that he said his &#8220;ancestors couldn&#8217;t have thought of, no matter what the circumstances&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some households which I had been visiting for decades to perform rituals on auspicious occasions wouldn&#8217;t invite me anymore. Since March, I have been sitting idle. With four mouths to feed &#8212; my aged parents, daughter and wife &#8212; I finally decided to sell vegetables on a cart.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before March, I used to earn anything between Rs 35,000 and Rs 40,000 every month. 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I appeal to all of you to remove the misgivings and allow priests conduct the rituals,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Vinod Jha, a committee member of a Hanuman temple in Kamarhati, said the management has decided to retain just one of the three priests on its payroll.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The number of devotees has declined and so have the earnings. We have decided to let go of two priests and retain only one for performing the daily rituals,&#8221; Jha said.<\/p>\n<p>Montu Chakroborty, a priest in south Kolkata&#8217;s Chakraberia area, believes that the situation will change for better during Durga puja.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some Durga puja committees have assured me that they would invite me. I am pinning my hopes on them. My earnings per month have come down to Rs 6,000 from Rs 11,000. 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